The Firefly of Tough Luck is an American 1917 silent film directed by E. Mason Hopper and written by J. G. Hawks. It was produced and released by the Triangle Film Corporation, and starred Alma Rubens and Charles Gunn.[1][2]
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 Still featuring co-stars Charles Gunn and Alma Rubens | |
| Directed by | E. Mason Hopper Alfred L. Werker (asst.) |
| Screenplay by | J. G. Hawks |
| Starring | Alma Rubens Charles Gunn |
| Cinematography | Charles J. Stumar |
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Plot
editThe Firefly (Rubens), a cabaret performer at one of New York City's biggest restaurants, finds herself out of work as businesses close along Broadway during World War I. She accepts a position as an entertainer in a desert mining town called Baxter Junction, where a surprise is in store for her.[3]
Starring
edit- Alma Rubens as The Firefly
- Charles Gunn as Danny Ward
- Walt Whitman as "Tough Luck" Baxter
- Darrell Foss as Bert Wilcox
- Jack Curtis as Happy Jack Clarke
Production
editThe production was filmed at Triangle's Culver City studio as well as in the desert. Rubens and Whitman disliked working on location in the sun and heat of August, so Hopper tried to minimize time shooting outdoor scenes.[4]
Release
editThe film was noted as a box-office smash.[5]
Preservation
editReferences
edit- ^ Motography. 1917.
- ^ Rubens, Alma (June 15, 2006). Alma Rubens, Silent Snowbird: Her Complete 1930 Memoir, with a New Biography and Filmography. McFarland. ISBN 9780786424139.
- ^ "18 Nov 1917, Page 14 - Asheville Citizen-Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
- ^ "26 Aug 1917, 32 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
- ^ "Alma Rubens: A Marked Woman | Silent Film Festival". www.silentfilm.org. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
- ^ American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Firefly of Tough Luck